www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Thomas Painehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/thomas-paine/?utm_medium=RSS2014-12-07T16:19:11-05:00ROBERT KNIGHT: Thomas Paine's common sense rings true as Obama abuses authority2014-12-07T16:19:11-05:00Robert Knighthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/7/robert-knight-thomas-paines-common-sense-rings-tru/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Given President Obama's increasingly dictatorial rule, it's a good time to dust off some thoughts on despotism by America's "forgotten founder," Thomas Paine.</p> <p>Best known for writing the revolutionary pamphlet Common Sense, Mr. Paine was instrumental in galvanizing support for the American Revolution. Many of his writings are commonly quoted, ...Indiana Gov. Pence: Cure to country's ills won't come from D.C.2014-04-25T14:29:00-04:00David Sherfinskihttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/25/indiana-gov-pence-cure-countrys-ills-wont-come-dc/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>INDIANAPOLIS &mdash; Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said the cure for the country's ills are more likely to come from state capitals than Washington, D.C., delivering an uncompromising defense of states' rights in his speech Friday at the NRA lobbying arm's leadership forum.</p> <p>He thanked the organization for choosing to hold ...DIBACCO: The first 'greatest generation'2013-07-04T05:25:06-04:00Thomas V. DiBacco http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/4/the-first-greatest-generation/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>There are many heroes in the story of the American Revolution, and the historian is at a loss to name the greatest of this first generation of Americans. But over the years since 1776, four leaders consistently come to mind in terms of the road leading to the Declaration of ...KENNEDY: Iranians yearn for freedom, too2012-07-03T18:02:07-04:00Patrick J. Kennedyhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/3/iranians-yearn-for-freedom-too/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>On July 4, 1776, 236 years ago, Americans declared that they no longer would be ruled by others, and the Revolutionary War began.</p> <p>Just a few days ago, Egyptians celebrated their newfound freedom and inaugurated their new president. In Syria, there are growing signs that the end of the reign ...BOOK REVIEW: A gallery of British turncoats2011-06-08T18:19:09-04:00John R. Coyne Jr.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/8/a-gallery-of-british-turncoats/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>TREASON OF THE HEART: FROM THOMAS PAINE TO KIM PHILBY<br />By David Pryce-Jones<br />Encounter Books, $23.95, 258 pages</p> <p>For American readers, it may seem a stretch from Tom Paine to Kim Philby, from pamphlets and polemics to treason. But seen from Britain, Paine was just another of those figures, apparently ...MAY: The distinction between law and politics2010-07-06T20:02:03-04:00Randolph J. Mayhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/6/may-the-distinction-between-law-and-politics/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>ANALYSIS/OPINION:</strong></p> <p>In July 1776, when John Hancock and the other 55 signatories to the Declaration of Independence mutually pledged their "Lives, Fortunes and sacred Honor," the pledge was not to be taken lightly. By their act, their lives and fortunes were, indeed, put at risk.</p> <p>Later that year, with the ...